City of Long Beach
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MEMORADUM
Date: June 20, 2023
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Councilwoman Megan Kerr, Fifth District
Subject: Funds Transfer to support Neighborhood Association Summer Concerts RECOMMENDATION:
Increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $1,750, offset by the Fifth Council District One -Time District Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to provide a contribution to:
• $500 to Lakewood Village Neighborhood Association in support of their annual summer concert at Pan American Park;
• $1,000 to Los Cerritos Neighborhood Association in support of their two annual summer concerts at Los Cerritos Park;
• $250 to Camerata Singers of Long Beach in support of community concerts; and, Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $ 1,750 to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.
DISCUSSION:
Councilwoman Megan Kerr would like to support the following annual events and community programing:
• Lakewood Village Neighborhood Association’s annual summer concert on Saturday, August 26, 2023 to assist with offsetting expenses related to talent fees and promotion of this free community concert.
• Los Cerritos Neighborhood Association’s annual summer concerts on Wednesday, August 9, 2023, and Wednesday, August 16, 2023, to assist with offsetting expenses related to talent fees and promotion of this free community concert.
• The Long Beach Camerata Singers is a non -profit organization with a mission statement of dedicating to excellence in choral music. This summer, the Long Beach Camerata Singers will be· hosting free and open to the public community concerts in Long Beach concert is free and open to the public. A $250 contribution will offset performance costs.
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Honorable Mayor and City Council
June 20, 2023
This matter has been reviewed by Budget Analyst Joe R. Guerrero on June 7, 2023.
FISCAL IMPACT
This recommendation requests the City Manager to provide contributions of $500 to Lakewood Village Neighborhood Association, $1,000 to Los Cerritos Neighborhood , and $250 to Long Beach Camerata Singers to support their events as written above. The total appropriation increase of $1,750 in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department will be offset by a decrease of appropriation of Fifth Council District One-time District Priority Funds in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department.
This recommendation is anticipated to require a minimal level of staff hours beyond normal budgeted scope of duties and is expected to have a minimal impact on existing City Council priorities.